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Someone recommended Notepad++ to me, and I am trying it. I like the UI. But… I had a HUGE amount of difficulty in something I was trying to accomplish, because it appears that–different from all other Windows programs–Notepad++ doesn’t tell you when you exit that you haven’t saved your file and offer to save it. I thought maybe my change hadn’t been saved, over and over, multiple problems–and I’d open up the file in Notepad++ again, and my changes were there. So… only today, after uninstalling software, and stepping back hours of work, and trying again–I discover that Notepad++ can’t be relied on to show me the current version of a file when I open it with the filename! It can show me a cached version, with changes I made, but which hadn’t been saved. These behaviors are so disconcerting to me, I’m at a loss. Is it just learning to cope with this very non-standard text editor behavior. Or might there be a preference (I looked and didn’t see) which I could set to make these behaviors more what I would expect?–which is warning and allowing to save a file when exiting the program; always opening the current version of a file when opening with a filename on the command line (or opening the file with File Open). Advice would be most appreciated.

Wow, thanks for the info! That works! How does anyone ever figure that out? I would think that default setting would be a deal-breaker for most. I’m glad there’s a way–if totally obscure–to fix it–but at this point I don’t think I could ever recommend Notepad++ to anyone, including myself. And I really appreciate your responding.